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HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Fritillaria 



ursi'num • 



* 



(4) Leaves from the root : stalk naked. 



A. Stalk 3 -square : leaves spear-shaped, on leaf-stalks : 



umbel flat topped, 



Dicks, h. s.-E. hot. 122-/7. dan. T^^Fnchs. 739-7- B. ii. 

 566. l.-Trag. I^.Z-Walc.-Matth. 560-DoJ. 683.4+ 

 Lob. obs. 80. ^rGer. em. 171). 2*-G*r. 141. 2,~Pct, 66. 8- 

 H. ox. iv. 15. 15. . 



Stalk below, semwcylindrical. Ritz. F lowers large, nume. 

 reus, white. 



Ramson Garlic* Ramsons. Woods, hedges, and dry mea* 

 Hows- [Several meadows near Penn's mill at Erdington, Wuv 

 wickshire, abound so much with this plant as to be called, from 

 that circumstance, " the Garlick Meadows."] P. May.* 



Schoeno'- A. Leaves cylindrical, awl thread-shaped, as long as the 

 prasum. stalk. 



Fuchs. 635-Fl. dan. $71~Trag. 742. Z-LohIc. i. 1^4. 2- 

 Dod. b$9-Kni/>/>. S-Lq6. obs. 7J. l-Ger. em. 177. l- 



Ger. 139* M& •*• *T- 1 4. ww 1, k-Maitb. 550-Dod* 

 689. 2-Lob. obs. 78. !. 



Chived Garlic* Meadows and pastures. By FasuCastle, on 

 the borders of Berwickshire, and in Westmoreland. [Carimel 

 Fell, in a small rivulet called Chivey Syke. Mr. Jackson. 

 Meadows near JCirby moor side, Yorkshire. Mr. Flintoff ] 



P. June. 



FRITILLA'RIA. Bhss. with 6 petals or 6 divi- 

 sions, bell-shaped : nectary a cavity above 

 each claw : stam. the length of the blossom : 

 summit 3-cleft : caps, superior, 3-celled. 



Melea'gris. F. All the leaves alternate : stem 1- flowered. 



, Dicks, b. i.-E. bot. 622-FL dan. 972-Curt. 1\%-WaU^ 



Jaea. austr. v. app. 32-Knipb. (,-Renealm. li6-C/us- U 



J 53. l-Ger. em. 149. l^Ger. 122. \-CIus. i. l52-/>«^ 



' 233. 2-Ger.em. U9. 2-Ger. 122. 2~ParL par. 41. 2- 



Snvert. i. J. -i. 



Root bulbous, solid, small for the size of the plant, throwing 

 out numerous fibres beneath, and increasing by off-sets. Stem 



* An infusion in brandy is esteemed a good remedy for the grave . 

 pmi. Tou*, 1772, p, 175 —Other plants growing near it do not flouasn- 

 Cows eat it ; but it communicates its flavour to the milk and buttCfi so 



as to be very oitensive to many people in the spring, 



